Cultural and historical problem of self-identification of the Belarusian people: the theory of the trinity of the Russian people

In this article, the opposite theory about the "trinity of the Russian people" is considered, the purpose of which was to justify the belonging of Belarusians to Russia. It is concluded that the theory of the "trinity of the Russian people" was one of the political components of the Russian state in the policy of expansion and strengthening of its own influence on the territory of the former Kievan Rus'.